The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 5F. Hunt, 1841 - Commerce |
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That vast crash of credit , which succeeded fifty years afterward , when all means
of alleviation had been tried and failed , was on the brink of taking place at the
beginning , when the desperation of the evil was first discovered . The regent ...
That vast crash of credit , which succeeded fifty years afterward , when all means
of alleviation had been tried and failed , was on the brink of taking place at the
beginning , when the desperation of the evil was first discovered . The regent ...
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Paris had before drained from the provinces , by means of the royal rovenue , the
entire amount of their specie , so that they were reduced to the greatest distress
by the annual requisitions of the collectors : under the new economy , notes were
...
Paris had before drained from the provinces , by means of the royal rovenue , the
entire amount of their specie , so that they were reduced to the greatest distress
by the annual requisitions of the collectors : under the new economy , notes were
...
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... specie into the bank , in exchange for its notes . On the 1st of May succeeding ,
the emission of notes was stopped , and in a little while after , a conclusion was
put to the reimbursement of the national creditors through their means ; and the ...
... specie into the bank , in exchange for its notes . On the 1st of May succeeding ,
the emission of notes was stopped , and in a little while after , a conclusion was
put to the reimbursement of the national creditors through their means ; and the ...
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The guards in front of the doors managed that very few should be admitted , in
order that the press inside might not lead to confusion ; but such an arrangement
was by no means pleasing to those who were encamped without . Stones were ...
The guards in front of the doors managed that very few should be admitted , in
order that the press inside might not lead to confusion ; but such an arrangement
was by no means pleasing to those who were encamped without . Stones were ...
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... the crown , by means which impoverished the nation in their execution . ...
Bourbon , through the means which his successful speculations afforded , and
built up in magnificence suitable to the condition of the most princely house of
Europe .
... the crown , by means which impoverished the nation in their execution . ...
Bourbon , through the means which his successful speculations afforded , and
built up in magnificence suitable to the condition of the most princely house of
Europe .
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Page 451 - A DICTIONARY, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation.
Page 179 - And where, on the death of any person holding real estate within the territories of the one party, such real estate would, by the laws of the land, descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a reasonable time to sell the same, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation and exempt from all duties of detraction, on the part of the Government of the respective States.
Page 179 - But if not sent back within three months from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall not be again arrested for the same cause.
Page 179 - Vice-Consuls, or Commercial Agents, and may be confined in the public prisons, at the request and cost of those who shall claim them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which they belonged, or to others of the same country.
Page 275 - If either party shall hereafter grant to any other nation any particular favor in navigation or commerce, it shall immediately become common to the other party, freely, where it is freely granted to such other nation, or on yielding the same compensation when the grant is conditional.
Page 253 - An unconditional promise in writing to accept a bill before it is drawn is deemed an actual acceptance in favor of every person who, upon the faith thereof, receives the bill for value.
Page 273 - They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing, and particularly to the regulations in force concerning commerce.
Page 253 - Where an acceptance is written on a paper other than the bill itself, it does not bind the acceptor except in favor of a person to whom it is shown and who, on the faith thereof, receives the bill for value.
Page 273 - States than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth produce or manufacture of any other foreign country...
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